Intra-firm wage inequality and firm performance - First evidence from German linked employer-employee-data
- Economic theory suggests both positive and negative relationships between intra-firm wage inequality and productivity. This paper contributes to the growing empirical literature on this subject. We combine German employer-employee-data for the years 1995-2005 with inequality measures using the whole wage distribution of a firm and rely on dynamic panel-data estimators to control for unobserved heterogeneity, simultaneity problems and possible state dependence. Our results indicate a relative minor influence of intra-firm wage inequality on firm productivity. If anything, they provide some support for a view suggesting that some inequality may be beneficial, while too much leads to a detrimental effect on productivity.
Verfasserangaben: | Nils Braakmann (Dr. rer. pol.)ORCiDGND |
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URL: | https://pub-data.leuphana.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/540 |
ISBN: | 1860 - 5508 |
Dokumentart: | Research Paper |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Erscheinungsjahr: | 2008 |
Datum der Veröffentlichung (online): | 26.02.2008 |
Datum der Freischaltung: | 26.02.2008 |
Freies Schlagwort / Tag: | Wage dispersion; labor productivity |
GND-Schlagwort: | Lohnniveau; Lohndifferenzierung; Produktivität |
Fakultät / Forschungszentrum: | Fak 2 - Wirtschaft und Gesellschaft (alt) / VWL |
DDC-Klassifikation: | 3 Sozialwissenschaften / 33 Wirtschaft / 330 Wirtschaft |